autenticarlhesíamos
Syllables
auten-ti-car-lhes-ía-mos
Pronunciation
/aw.tẽ.tiˈkaɾ.lɛʃ.iˈa.muʃ/
Stress
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Morphemes
autenticar + lhes-íamos
The word 'autenticar-lhes-íamos' is syllabified into six syllables following the open syllable rule and diphthong rule. The stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the root verb. It's a conjugated verb form meaning 'we would authenticate them', composed of the root 'autenticar' and clitic pronouns/personal ending.
Definitions
- 1
We would authenticate them.
We would authenticate them.
“Nós autenticar-lhes-íamos os documentos se tivéssemos tempo.”
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the penultimate syllable of the root verb 'car' in 'autenticar'
Syllables
auten — Open syllable, diphthong 'au'. ti — Open syllable. car — Open syllable. lhes — Syllable with palatal lateral approximant 'lh'. iá — Open syllable, stressed syllable. mos — Open syllable, 's' pronounced /ʃ/ in EP
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Open Syllable Rule
Portuguese favors open syllables (ending in a vowel). Consonants are generally assigned to the following vowel.
Diphthong Rule
Diphthongs (two vowels in the same syllable) are treated as a single syllable unit.
- The pronunciation of 's' at the end of a syllable varies between EP and BP.
- The reduction of unstressed vowels is more common in EP.
- The 'lh' digraph is treated as a single phoneme for syllabification.
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